We're doing our best to keep up to date with developments surrounding the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. Word from our friend Aaron Viles at Gulf Coast Restoration Network is the containment plans aren't working–the equipment is not suited to the wave heights in the Gulf. He reminded us that President Obama's speech made clear that the Administration is owning this disaster, in a certain sense. Now is the time when the United States can seriously make a turn away from dirty and dangerous energy. Will Obama seize the moment? To see what Bill McKibben thinkgs, read his latest piece on the subject, called "The oil slick you can't see," recently published in AOL Online.

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